Thunderstorm Wind, Muskegon
- When
- July 15, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Muskegon County
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -86.120
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 15, 1986
18 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
18 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- July 15, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- July 15, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -86.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskegon
- When
- July 15, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Muskegon County
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -86.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- July 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -85.980
Tornado, Barry
- When
- July 15, 7:38 PM EST
- Where
- Barry County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -85.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- July 15, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -85.530
Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- July 15, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 22.5 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegan
- When
- July 15, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -85.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegan
- When
- July 15, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Allegan County
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -85.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Ionia
- When
- July 15, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -85.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Ionia
- When
- July 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ionia County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -85.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- July 15, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.880, -85.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Eaton
- When
- July 15, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Eaton County
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -84.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- July 15, 7:41 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -85.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Ingham
- When
- July 15, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ingham County
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -84.370
Tornado, Lenawee
- When
- July 15, 9:23 PM EST
- Where
- Lenawee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -84.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- July 15, 8:34 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -84.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Washtenaw
- When
- July 15, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -83.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Washtenaw
- When
- July 15, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washtenaw County
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -84.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Berrien
- When
- July 15, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Berrien County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -86.250
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 15, 1986
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10052166, 10052167, 10052168, 10052169, 10052170, 10052177, 10052171, 10052181, 10052172, 10052173, 10052174, 10052175, 10052176, 10052178, 10052179, 10052180, 10052183, 10052182, 10052184, 10052185, 10052186.